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Jan. 9, 1923.' 1,441,582. A- CARDENAS Y HUERTA. PROCESS FOR THEMANUFACTURE OF TOYS.

FILED JAN-16 920- Patented Jan. 9, 11923.

Anronro cannnnns Y nausea, or HABANA, C BA.

PROCESS FOR THE IMANUFACTUBE F TOYS.

Application filed January 16, 192 Serial No. 351,850.

To aZZ whom it may concern: p

Be it known that l, ririronio CannnNAs Y 'Hunn'rn, a citizen of theRepublic ofCuba,

, and a resident of Habana, (lube, have invent ed certain new and usefulImprovements in Processes for the hilanufacture otToys, oi which thefollowing is specification. I

This invention relates to the manufacture of toys and its main object isto'provide a process for the manufactureof toys made of whichconstitutes the toy. It is evident that through such a processthecompleted toy can not attain the required strength.

According to the process forming the sul ject matter of my invention thetoy is constructed by moulding it in sections, each one of whichcomprises various parts or members of the toy and uniting said sectionstogether,' thus completing the toy Preferably there are only twosections, each one comprising one half of the toy, and in this mannerthe maximum degree of resistance is attained by so simplifying theconstruction or" the toy. The invention is described with. reference 35to the figures oi the annexed drawings, in

which:

Fig. 1 is an. inner View of the half part of a mould arranged for makinga toy consisting of a little horse.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the two halves of the toy after beingmoulded, and

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the completed toy. i I

in the drawings 1 indicates the half part of a mould of any materiahpreferably gypsum or cement, constituted" by various sections 1" whichare properly assembled together so as to form the whole illustrated inFig. 1. Having thus prepared the half the mould, the cardboard. or thickpaper to be used is cut into pieces and put into proper rece tacle conaining clean Water-in order to Wet and into a half of the mould, and ispressed down to a drying operation either through artifisired manner. iThe completed toy is then mounted on a scribed alllrind otarticles to beused as toys soften them so that they may attain the consistence ofaplastic mass. When the mass reaches this condition there is addedthereto a light starch of corn or wheat.

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.ihe plastic mass thus obtained is "poured therein with a mallet or byhand or in any other manner asmight be deemed proper so that suchplastic mass may form a layer fitting into the alto or basreliefs oi:the mould half for reproducing the figure and the accessories or harnesswith which it is dressed, such as for instance the saddle 4(Fig. 1).

Then the various constituting sections of said mould half areseparatedin order to take out the moulded material andto subjectthe same cialheat or by the action of the sun and air, thus hardening the plasticmass thereof whichhardening is aided and completed by the starchpreviously added. i

This operation is repeated exactly in the same manner in the other halfof the mould for constructing the other half of the toy, these halvesbeing completed as illustrated in numerals 2 and 8 of Fig. 3. Then it ispro- .ceeded to bind together the twojhalves of the toy and thisis doneby applying any kindof adhesive to the coinciding borders of the halvesand thereupon is applied thereto a layer of mucilaginous liquid mixturesuch as white'glue and Spanish white, and once this layer dries, the,outer surface of the toy is polished up todeprive it of: the roughnessthereon, thus the toy being linishedand ready for being painted anddecorated in the dewheel platform 5, as illustrated in Fig. l, andsecured with screws 6 to said frame the boots 7 of the play horse whichconsti- 9 tutes the toy in the present illustration of the invention. gr g It is obvious that in the manner above decan be manufactured, andthat same'can be made stronger it they were of larger dimensions. Alsoit is evident that many changes andv modifications can be made in theprocess which will fall within the scope ofthe appended claim. 1 i

What I claim is g g A process for manufacturing toys which consists informing a plastic mass by Wetting dressings, pressing the'piastic massto adapt i it to said alto and has reliefs of the mould;

' taking out the moulded mass and subjecting the same to a dryingoperation in order to harden it, and uniting the moulded parts to 10constitute the toy.

In witness Whereoil afiix my signature.

ANTONIO CARDENAS y HUERTA.

